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Type 2777
(formerly typ/884)

	Σῶτερ κατελθὼν εἰς μυχοὺς Ἰορδάνου
	εἵλκυσας ἡμᾶς ἐκ βυθοῦ τῶν πταισμάτων.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 250
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet George of Pisidia < Asia Minor < Turkey (7th c.) - PBE: 2801 - PMBZ: 13114: "Personenkennziffer: 2004"
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Jordan (river)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature
Translation(s)	Heiland, der du herabstiegst in die Tiefen des Jordan, du zogst uns herauf aus dem Abgrund unserer Verfehlungen. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 250
Bibliography	Primary R. Nelson, 1978, Text and Image in a Byzantine Gospel Book in Istanbul (Ecumenical Patriarchate, cod. 3), New York: 17, 297 G. Soteriou, 1937, Κειμήλια τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου. Πατριαρχικὸς ναὸς καὶ σκευοφυλάκιον, Athens: 81 Bibliography category to be determined L. Tartaglia, 1998, Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, Torino: 474
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[23628] σῶτερ κατελθὼν εἰς μυχοὺς ἰορδάνου [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 937 (olim 735) [14th c.] (f. 15v) (2 verses) [18450] σώτερ κατελθ(ὼν) εἰς μυχοὺς ἰορδάνου [12th c.] ISTANBUL - Oikoumenikon Patriarcheion Patriarchikon Skeuofulakion 3 [12th c.] (f. 3v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, GR78 Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes) , 18051 Vassis ICB 2005, 707: "Georg. Pisides, In baptismum"
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